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ABA Banking Journal - November/December 2015 - (Page 70)
Fulfilling the Economic
Promise of the ADA
2015 MARKS THE 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. President George H.W. Bush signed the legislation into law in
1990 after former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (whose brother is hearing-impaired)
famously introduced the final bill on the Senate floor using sign language.
Most know this landmark legislation's
promise to protect against
discrimination and promote equal
opportunity, but the ADA also aimed to
promote national goals of independent
living, full participation and economic
self-sufficiency. Financial education
initiatives dedicated to people across
the disability spectrum-roughly
20 percent of the population of the
United States, according to the Census
Bureau-can help enable greater
access to economic security for
these individuals and their families.
To commemorate the historic occasion
and stimulate the next generation of
collective efforts to fulfill the ADA's
promise of economic self-sufficiency,
the National Disability Institute held an
Economic Advancement and Financial
Inclusion Summit in July. The event
was sponsored by JPMorgan Chase
& Co. and connected leaders from
both the financial service industry
and disability community, as well
as policymakers and regulators.
Summit attendees had an opportunity
to reflect on the many areas of progress
that ADA inspired, such as the passage
of the Achieving a Better Life Experience
(ABLE) Act-signed into law in
December 2014. The ABLE Act created
tax-free savings accounts for individuals
with disabilities that can cover a
range of qualified expenses, including
education, housing and transportation
costs. It also helped eliminate barriers
to work and saving by preventing dollars
saved through these accounts from
counting against an individual's eligibility
for other federal benefits programs.
Many financial institutions and other
organizations interested in sponsoring
financial education workshops to the
disabled often use curricula designed
by the FDIC. The FDIC's MoneySmart
course is available in two versions:
an instructor-led version and a
computer-based instruction version.
Both versions consist of 11 modules:
an introduction to bank services,
an introduction to credit, how to
choose and keep a checking account,
how to keep track of your money,
importance of saving, recovering from
a financial setback, consumer rights,
how credit history will affect credit
future, making a credit card work
for you, know what you're borrowing
before you buy and home ownership.
A version for the visually impaired
is available, and there is also an
extensive section on accommodating
students with disabilities.
Lighthouse of Manasota is a Floridabased nonprofit agency that provides
rehabilitation training to blind and
visually impaired individuals residing
in a five-county region that includes
Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Charlotte
and Highlands. Lighthouse executive
director Andy Reeves-who until
recently was a banker with BB&T
Corporation-uses MoneySmart for the
Visually Impaired as part of the charity's
transition program. Their coursework
aims to prepare high school students
for college or for their first job. Reeves'
students participating in the program
are often unaware of how to budget
when they get their first paycheck, or
how to begin the process of becoming
a homeowner. On a recent bank visit
sponsored by the local Northern Trust
branch, students experienced the
back office operations that coincided
with the bank's customer services
offerings and were also shown ATMs
equipped with braille or audio plugins. Reeves says, "Helping teenagers
with visual impairment, of any type,
to gain confidence and make them
comfortable in dealing with their own
financial affairs is an important part of
their education and personal growth.
It is vital for our agency to have that
information and support available
from professional organizations."
By promoting financial independence
and empowerment for people
with disabilities through education
and access to capital, we can
ensure everyone has an equal
opportunity for success.
COREY CARLISLE is SVP for
bank community engagement
at ABA and executive director
of the ABA Foundation.
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A Conversation With the Comptroller
Cover Story Doing the Right Thing
Big Data and Predictive Analytics: A Big Deal, Indeed
Stress Testing: Feeling the Pressure?
Commerical Lending
ABA Compliance Center Inbox
Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Tool Helps Combat Risk
Real Estate Lending
Board Matters
Banker Recommended Reading
Legal Briefs
From the States
Anti-Money Laundering
Corporate Social Responsibility
Index of Advertisers
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Graphene and functionalised graphene for flexible and optoelectric applications
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The landscape of consumer electronics has drastically changed over the last decade. Technological advances have led to the development of portable media devices, such as the iPod, smart phones and laptops. This has been achieved primarily through miniaturisation and using materials such as Lithium and Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) to increase energy density in batteries and as transparent electrodes for light emitting displays respectively. However, ten years on there are now new consumer demands, which are dictating the direction of research and new products are under constant development. Graphene is a promising next-generation material that was discovered in 2004. It is composed of a two-dimensional lattice made only from carbon. The atoms are arranged in a two atom basis hexagonal crystal structure which forms a fundamental building block of all sp2 hybrid forms of carbon. The production of large area graphene has a high cost, due to the long growth times and the high temperatures required. This is relevant as graphene is not viable compared to other transparent conductors which are produced on industrial scales for a fraction of the cost of graphene growth. Furthermore, graphene has a high intrinsic resistivity (2KW/_) which is three orders of magnitude greater than the current industry standard ITO. This limits the size of the electrodes as there is dissipation of energy across the electrode leading to inefficiency. Furthermore a potential drop occurs across the electrode leading to a non-uniform light emission when the electrode is used in a light emitting display. I investigate alternative methods of large area graphene growth with the aim of reducing the manufacturing costs, while maintaining the quality required for graphene human interface devices. Building on this I develop new fabrication methods for the production of large-area graphene devices which are flexible and transparent and show the first all graphene touch sensor. Focusing on the reducing the high resistivity of graphene using FeCl3 intercalation, while maintaining high optical transmission, I show low resistivity achieved using this process for microscopic graphene flakes, large-area graphene grown on silicon carbide and large-area graphene grown by CVD. Furthermore, I explore the stability of FeCl3 intercalated graphene and a process to transfer a material to arbitrary flexible substrates.
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If only all Sundays were the same … the sun was out, the temperature was 20 degrees (above not below), the sea was warm (sorry getting carried away and stopped short of mentioning "speedos") Eccles Under 7s were in action against Trafford M.V. Earlier in the season we got a lesson from MV at Gorton Street and everybody was in the mood to put that right!
We had really good numbers again this week, 15 in total which also matched MV. A mini round robin was organised with both clubs running three teams and all playing three matches.
The three Eccles teams and match reports follow…
Eccles U7s "Tigers" consisting of 5 of the squad managed by Martin
- Match report eaten by the dog
Eccles U7s "Panthers" consisting of another 5 of the squad managed by Sean
- Match report in the post
Eccles U7s "Lions" consisting of (Little) Josh, Lewis, Michael, Peggy and Sandy managed by myself.
Amazing, awesome, fantastic, brilliant are just some of the words that would not do justice to the team's performances at MV especially when you consider that four of the five would be Under 6s rather than Under 7s and for the score, who cares! (I think we just lost out on 2 games and shaded the other)
Michael started the first game well and seems to be back in form scoring a number of early tries. However, a blister the size of a small moon on the back of his heel, stopped star of the week performance in the making.
The freight train (Lewis for those not in the know) was back to his magnificent self … why would you look for a gap when you can simply run through the walls of any defence! I was amused by the impudent stare he gave the MV defence when they tagged him … how dare they!
Superb Sensational Sandy put in his best performance to date although we may need to go through what a try line looks like as putting the ball down on what would be the equivalent of a 22 line does not tend to count. In the main his running was strong and a number of tries were scored. He even managed to get in a high tackle (well done … err I mean go for the tags not the head).
SuperPeggs became Captain SuperPeggs leading the team. The intense stares were not just for the opposition as the lack of ball (from her team mates), in the first game, started to wind her up and with her first touch of the ball blasted through to score. After last week's try in training and her many similar tries in the first two matches this week I studied her technique in the final game. A bat of the eye lashes, a shimmy of the hips, tunnel vision for the try line and an "Eat my dust" attitude … Wow!
Even with all the superlatives above for Michael, Lewis, Sandy and Peggy it still wasn't enough for them to clinch STAR OF THE WEEK. This week, a rugby player was born, from mouse-like timidness to Lion-like ferociousness, from "i don't want to be here" to "Gimme the ball, its mine", from "Mum, I want to play with MY ball" to "Raaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr", from non-contact to full contact and finally from squad obscurity to STARdom … My STAR OF THE WEEK goes to Little "Lion" Josh for a totally outstanding, king of the jungle performance. Well done!
Players Player nominations have started and I have collected a number already including two with no players name so cannot be counted. Please also remember that a player cannot vote for themselves and need to provide a first, second and third nomination. I will be chasing those I have not got next week.
Next week its a normal training session at Gorton street, starting at the usual time of 10:30
Finally, its performances like the above that makes me proud to be an Eccles Under 7s coach!
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Walk together children, don't you get weary. ... Walk together children, don't you get weary. ... Walk together children, don't you get weary; There's a great camp meeting in the Promised Land ...."
When the Religious Action Center, the political arm of the Reform Jewish movement, sent out the call for rabbis to join in the historic "America's Journey for Justice" march for civil rights, Rabbi Rachel G. Greengrass was listening and answered the call.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 29, Greengrass, an associate rabbi at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest, covered 26 miles of the 860-mile trek, which began Aug. 1, in Selma, Alabama. Throughout the distance, she walked, prayed and carried the Torah in solidarity with the NAACP and other rabbis and clergy throughout the nation in the walk for justice. The Journey for Justice will end Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Washington, D.C.
On Sept. 4, back in Miami with her family, Greengrass said, "I didn't think twice when I saw the email [inviting rabbis to join the march]. "I very much identify with the Jewish call to justice and being a part of such a momentous demonstration," she said. "I, along with hundreds of other rabbis, lend our support to the Voting Rights Act, which is slowly eroding."
Greengrass who participated in the march as a member of Rabbis Organizing Rabbis (ROR), a subgroup of the Religious Action Center, said joining the walk was a "huge honor and opportunity to bring forth Torah (justice) into the world."
She said the ROR seeks to build a powerful network of Reform Jews "who are praying with our feet through effective grassroots and legislative action on vital justice issues of our time."
"I am so proud to be a member of this historic event and to walk alongside those working tirelessly for equal rights," she said. "The demonstration is a call to justice for many things, such as criminal justice reform; quality education and fair wages."
Greengrass is no stranger to human rights. She helped engage Temple Beth Am in local Gay Pride activities.
"I feel I have done a lot of things over the years for civil rights," Greengrass said. "But the march was different. There was such a firm agenda — we know what we are trying to accomplish. This is organized and it goes well beyond politics. It is a march against injustice and it doesn't matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican; where you live or what your income is."
Although she marched for more than 20 miles, Greengrass said she didn't do anything special to prepare. "I consider myself to be very fit. I work out regularly. But at the end of my walk, I was very sore. It wasn't easy. Still, there are people who are walking for all 40 days, the entire 860 miles. It's quite a feat."
Greengrass said it is significant that the walk will finish in Washington on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah. "Some rabbis who don't have pulpits, will still walk on that day, which is amazing," she said.
The 35-year-old mom of two, Henry 5, and Ezekiel, 3 ("He's my little prophet," she said of Ezekiel), said she had the support of her husband John Crary, who is a supervisor for educational support for Miami-Dade County Public Schools' lowest-performing middle schools in math.
She is the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, and uses his name — Greengrass — to honor him. "He had two grandchildren; both girls," she said. "I promised him that I would carry on his name."


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A 32-year-old man who owns and operates Afterfour day camp near Bayview Avenue and Moore Avenue is facing charges relating to an online child pornography investigation.
On Aug. 3, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) executed two search warrants at the accused's home and business in Leaside. He has been charged with accessing, possessing and making child pornography.
Det. Const. Steve Mailer, of the TPS Sex Crimes, Child Exploitation Section, led the investigation from April to May this year.
"It was a proactive undercover investigation. The allegations are that a certain amount of images and videos were shared with me through the Internet that contained child pornography," said Mailer.
According to Mailer, the TPS unit tracked the suspect's IP address to his home in Leaside.
Mailer said the day camp has been operating for approximately four or five years and has had more than a hundred students enrolled in that time period.
"At this point, I have no evidence to suggest that any child was touched inappropriately in any way or that there was anything inappropriate happening at the after-school program," said Mailer.
According to Mailer, the TPS has spoken with many concerned parents since the arrest was made public, and no one has come forward with any sexual assault allegations.
Parents are advised to have an open conversation with their kids, asking what their comfort level was or what they liked or didn't like about their time at the business.
The accused was seen in court on Aug. 3 and has since been let out on bail.
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Just in time for the holidays, the Hole in the Wall Theater is showing its production of "It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play", a theatrical production of the beloved, heartwarming movie.
The Hole in the Wall invites people to,
Come and see the same heartwarming, holiday tale of George Bailey you've watched on the big screen brought to life on a stage right before you. Reminiscent of a live radio show, including sound effects and all the classic characters you've come to love, this fun and nostalgic production is sure to delight audiences of all ages.
The play is based on the movie by Frank Capra Jr. and adapted for stage-radio by Tony Palermo.
The Theater's production is produced by Thom Ozimek, Gene Tellier and Johnny Peifer, all from New Britain. The cast includes Luis Marrero, Kelley Mountzoures, Elizabeth Spindler, George Dagon, Keith Girard, Tim Adams, Dianne Provenzano, JoAnn DeWind, Sarah Warner, Kuzco Gong, Mary Roane, Nick Demetriades, William Moro, Caitlyn Tellier, Jacob Mountzoures, Alonna Tellier, Holly Williams and John Bosco.
The play will be presented in three shows:
- Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:00pm
- Saturday, December 16th at 8:00pm
- Sunday, December 17th at 2:00pm.
Tickets are $20 or $15 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased on the Theater's website at www.hitw.org and reservations may be request at 860-229-3049.
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Hannah Cockroft is first Paralympian to win Sportswoman of the Year at SJAs
Hannah Cockroft has been named Sports Journalist Association Sportswoman of the Year – the first time a para athlete has received the honour in the award's 58-year history.
In a whirlwind year the five-time Paralympic champion claimed three gold medals at the IPC World Championships in London in July taking her tally of world titles to ten.
The T34 racer started her Championships with 100m gold and a new world-record time of 17.18 to see off the challenge of compatriot Kare Adenegan.
Three days later 800m gold followed – this time in a Championships record time – and she capped an extraordinary competition off with another Championship record and gold medal in the 400m.
"I like to make history but this is something new." Hannah Cockroft
Cockroft said "I cannot believe it. I don't know what to say. Thank you for the nomination and thank you for this award. I like to make history but this is something new."
Elsewhere, this year's Bill McGowran Trophy – annually awarded to a para sportswoman and man – has been awarded to para sprinter Sophie Hahn and wheelchair tennis star Alfie Hewett.
Hahn was also part of the British team that shone at the World Championships in London this summer as she claimed double gold in the T38 100m and 200m.
"The home support (at London 2017) was just incredible. All the crowd there just boosted me on really." Sophie Hahn
The 20-year-old, who won gold and silver at Rio 2016, clocked 26.11 to set a new 200m world record and followed it up with another world-record run when she claimed the 100m title in 12.44.
Hahn said "This year's been absolutely incredible... The home support (at London 2017) was just incredible. All the crowd there just boosted me on really."
And since claiming silver at Rio 2016 Alfie Hewett has gone from strength to strength on the wheelchair tennis circuit with doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open as well as a French Open singles triumph in 2017.
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Tibetan RoundupPosted March 22, 2008 in News • Tags: China
The recent unpleasantness that China's government is trying so valiantly to "handle" (i.e. crush) in Tibet and other areas is proving to be quite a thorn in that fraudulent regime's side as it tries desperately to project some sort of "legitimacy" to the world just a few months before the start of the next summer Olympic games.
China's "leaders" are stuck between a rock and a hard place: they must refrain from using their typical brutality meant to maintain "stability" at all costs for fear it will get out to the rest of the world and cast a shadow over their precious Games, which they are hyping for all it's worth as China's entry onto the "world stage". On the other hand, China's unfortunate citizens might see the unusual "restraint" as an excuse to not shut up and keep protesting. And indeed, the unrest seems to be spreading beyond Tibet itself.
Meanwhile, it's down to Nancy Pelosi of all people to give America's strongest public response to the thuggery on display in China. Good for her. One almost gets the impression that she's one of America's few leading politicians who seems to understand that the notion that anything that comes out of the Chinese government's mouth can be trusted is laughable. America's current president and the presidential hopefuls are too busy falling over themselves kowtowing to China and its vast market to give any meaningful response.
The White House said Thursday the crackdown is not cause for President Bush to cancel his attendance at the Olympics. But it requested access to the region to see how Chinese police were dealing with detained protesters.
Yes, I'm sure the president's crack investigative skills will get to the bottom of the matter with cheerful assistance from the Chinese government authorities who are sure to allow him every opportunity to witness for himself China's benevolence toward its citizens. Or something. There will be smiles and handshakes all around, the Olympics will go on as scheduled, and that order for 10,000 crates of salad shooters at $3.99 apiece will help put more money in American housekeepers' pockets by saving them from having to buy from unproductive, lazy American manufacturers.
America's most common-sense writer on China today remains John Derbyshire, an old-style paleoconservative with whom I disagree on many topics but whose writings on China are spot-on. Here for example, there is some perspective on recent Tibetan history that China's government would just as soon brush under the rug. In short, China invaded Tibet, a land with a language and culture of its own, and its leader (the Dalai Lama) has been in exile ever since. The Communists would have us believe that Tibet is just another happy piece of China's great tapestry, which means that the opposite is probably true. Tibetans and other minorities, some conquered, some living in the Motherland for centuries, are granted special protections in the Chinese constitution, which again has little bearing on reality. Numerous arguments are trotted out in support of China's sovereignty over them.
The response of an actual Tibetan to all this bluster is simple and straightforward. He will just say, with some passion: "But we are not Chinese!"
Unfortunately, Derbyshire uses Tibet's very real cultural difference with the Han Chinese majority to go off on another one of his patented tribalist tangents, carrying on his long-time argument that American whites and blacks just don't mix. This time it has the ugly sheen of "white man's burden" written all over it. Nevertheless, there's some interesting stuff in the argument, which shows that even if he's wrong at least he's thinking, which most Americans can't be bothered with. His China writings remain some of the best I've read.


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Donald Trump's "truthful hyperbole" fueled his rise to the top of the Republican ticket — and a surge of interest in fact-checking.
PolitiFact has been documenting Trump's statements since 2011, when he was toying with a 2012 White House bid. Since then, we've fact-checked more than 300 Trump claims. Nearly three-quarters of them rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
PolitiFact has been fact-checking Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton since we launched in 2007, during her first run for the White House. Over that time, she has proven herself to be a careful speaker. Like all politicians, however, she sometimes stretches the truth.
We've rated almost 300 of her statements. About half have rated True or Mostly True.
Here's a look at the Top 5 misleading claims for Trump and Clinton, in no particular order:
"Of course, there is large-scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."
Pants on Fire! Actual instances of voter fraud — such as voter impersonation, ballot stuffing, and bought votes — are extremely rare, often unintentional and not on a scale large enough to affect a national election. (There are more examples of local voter fraud such as in Miami-Dade.)
An investigative reporting project found fewer than 200 alleged cases of voter impersonation from 2000 to 2011. Many of these never led to charges, while others ended in acquittals or dismissals. A Loyola Law School study found an even smaller number: 31 credible incidents out of more than 1 billion votes cast from 2000 to 2014.
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Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."
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The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is "30 million, it could be 34 million."
Experts repeatedly told us Trump's figures are not plausible. Every credible estimate we found from independent researchers to the Department of Homeland security pins the number at around 11 million with a margin of error of 1 million — about a third of what Trump claimed. Pants on Fire.
"The Mexican government … they send the bad ones over."
We found no evidence of any Mexican policy that pushes people out of Mexico and into the United States. As has been the case for decades, a combination of economic and family factors accounts for most of the migration from Mexico to the United States.
Trump received two Pants on Fires for repeating this claim.
"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.
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"It was allowed," she said, referring to her decision to use a private email server.
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Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, that FBI Director James Comey "said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."
A reasonable person would interpret Clinton's statement to mean Comey has confirmed that Clinton's public remarks about her email setup have been truthful. This is not the case.
Talking specifically about Clinton's closed-door FBI interview, Comey said that there is "no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI" about her email practices. But Comey has specifically declined to comment on whether Clinton's public remarks have been truthful.
Further, while not explicitly rebuking Clinton's public comments, Comey has highlighted major problems with them, such as her claim that there was no classified information in her email. We rated Clinton's claim about Comey Pants on Fire. (Comey reopened the investigation, according to a letter he sent to several members of Congress on Oct. 28.)
Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.
Over the course of a year, Clinton and her staff painted a picture of an email setup where absolutely zero classified information slipped through the cracks, case closed. An independent FBI investigation has found that to be inaccurate.
It's important to remember that just over 100 out of the 30,000 she turned over were classified at the time they were sent. Evidence seems to indicate that Clinton generally dealt with classified information in an appropriate manner. However, her sweeping claim is False.
"I remember landing under sniper fire."
This Pants on Fire claim comes from Clinton's 2008 run for the White House, but her political opponents still like to cite it. During a foreign policy speech that year, Clinton reminisced about her days as first lady and a trip to Tuzla, Bosnia, she made in March 1996 — saying she landed "under sniper fire."
There's no doubt flying into Bosnia was dangerous back in 1996. However, CBS News video shows Clinton arriving on the tarmac under no visible duress and greeting a child, who offered her a copy of a poem. A Washington Post review of more than 100 news stories from the time documented no security threats to the first lady.
Says Donald Trump "doesn't make a thing in America."
Many of Trump's products are made overseas, but not all of them. At least some of his suits and the campaign memorabilia he sells on his website are made in the United States, as are Trump Wines, some of his brand-name bedding, and a few other products. So Clinton's claim is False.
(For a more complete version of the top misleading claims by Trump and Clinton check out PolitiFact's website.)
PolitiFact staff writers Mark Dent, Louis Jacobson and Angie Drobnic Holan contributed to this article.
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BBC Short Dramas: Alice in Wonderland 5 – Advice from a caterpillar: Alice is beginning to wonder who she is, when a caterpillar gives her some advice about a magical mushroom. But is it good advice – and who thinks Alice is a snake?
After Alice frightened everyone by growing as big as a house, she ate some little cakes and shrank again. She doesn't like being so tiny, so she's looking for something to make her grow to the right size. But this is Wonderland and what she finds, sitting on top of a mushroom, is very curious indeed…
Am I as small as a mushroom, or is the mushroom as tall as me? Ohh!!
Sitting on top of the mushroom was a blue caterpillar smoking a hookah pipe.
Who are you?
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Don't be unhappy.
Is that all?
No. So you think you've changed, do you?
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One side of the mushroom will make you grow taller. The other side will make you grow shorter. Seven centimetres indeed!
Hmmm… let me pull this side… and now this side…But which side is which?
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Where have my shoulders gone? And my hands – where are you, hands?
Alice grew and grew until her neck was as long as a snake. Up and up she grew, through the branches and leaves, until her head was higher than the trees. Alice found she could move her neck just like a snake, bending this way and that. She was about to use her long neck to push her head down into the trees and look for her shoulders and hands, when suddenly a furious bird flew at her.
Snake! Snake! You want my eggs! I know!
I'm not a snake! I'm a… I'm a little girl!
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I don't want your eggs, really I don't!
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I wonder who lives here? The house is so small – anyone who lives here will surely be afraid of me!
Alice ate a little more of the mushroom and quickly brought herself down to the right size for this little house. Next time, Alice meets a walking fish, talks to a smiling cat and has to look after a baby. Goodbye.
past tense of 'shrink'; became smaller
hookah pipe
a water pipe for smoking tobacco. Hookah pipes are popular in Turkey and the Middle East
how tall or short something is
the bottom part of your face under your mouth
shoulders (singular: shoulder)
the part of your body on each side of your neck, between the top of your arms and your neck
the part of your body between your shoulders and your head
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And the Seventh Angel poured his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from heaven, saying:
"It is done."
I'm seeing the rippling echoes returning from the Middle East.
And China.
My Mountain will not fade from view.
The white horse outshines the pale one many times over.


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Standard size with large, bold print. Ideal for older people with visual impairment. Can be used with our playing card holders for extra stability.
Large, bold cards suitable for visually impaired people. Large bold print cards - why not use with our Playing Card Holders too! Cards measure 17cm x 12cm.
Encourage interaction and self-expression with this great percussion set, 9 different ways to play along to a music cd - great for all abilities. *MULTIBUY OFFER*
These 13cm x 11cm colourful Bean Bags are a really versatile activity for elderly people - great for those who find it difficult to catch a conventional ball.


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A huge thanks to everyone who linked up on Friday! We had 29 links which is great (seeing as how this is only my 2nd linky!)
Everything was so wonderful that it was hard to pick just a few favorites! But I'll give it a try!
I loved this idea of slushy apple cider over at Mommy's Corner!
Little Big Nest made this fabric wreath which is simple but gorgeous!!
I love this idea of making subway art on a tile! I'm thinking I'm going to have to stop by my ReStore and pick some up!
Two crafters had similar centerpiece ideas! Lovely!
If I featured you (today, or anytime this week) feel free to grab a button on the left sidebar!
Thanks again to everyone who participated!! I had fun and I hope you did too!


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Program Goal
To help every school in America be positively influenced by the committed involvement of fathers and father figures in lives of their children and students.
How Watch D.O.G.S. Works
WATCH D.O.G.S.®, a K-12 program, invites fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other father figures to volunteer at least one day all day at their child's/student's school during the school year. Individuals sign up at a kick-off event such as a "Dads and Kids Pizza Night" or "Donuts with Dad" or in the office at any time throughout the school year. The program is overseen by a "Top Dog" volunteer who partners with the school administrator to coordinate scheduling and identify opportunities for WatchDOGS to provide assistance at the school. WatchDOG volunteers perform a variety of tasks during their volunteer day including monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher's guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling.
Dads & Education
Fathering Blogs
- Watch D.O.G.S. - official website on Fathers.com
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Mr Biller is happy to announce that Byebye Pest in Brisbane is using our invoicing software for all of their quotes and invoices. Bye Bye Pest is a pest control company who's mission is to be the best, most affordable and professional Pest Control Business in the greater Brisbane area. They use Mr Biller on a daily basis and from all accounts are very happy with our service.
We wish Bye Bye Pest all the best.
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Available ebook formats: epub mobi pdf rtf lrf pdb txt html
Stephen Olar is better known as the Bible School Dropout. He has developed a series of Bible study guides using inductive Bible study methods. Stephen shows how people can learn how to study their Bibles for themselves by simply asking the questions; who, what, where, when, why and sometimes how.
A genuine Bible school dropout, he has taught Sunday School classes for over twenty years, encouraging people to discover what God's Word has to say for themselves instead of being told what it says.
Stephen lives in Northern Ontario, Canada with his lovely wife and two children.
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Melanie Carter Winkler
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I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book, it's not my usual genre. But I don't mind Thrillers and to me this is a Christian Thriller. The possibilities and the way the world is now is thought-provoking, thinking 'yes, it could happen'.
The journey that they characters go through are believable. Even if you don't normally read this genre give it a go it might surprise you.
I am sure to read more of Stephen Olar in the future.
(reviewed 49 days after purchase)


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Lichens and tantrums at Ingra Tor
Winter has arrived, but Izzy doesn't seem to have noticed. For the past couple of weeks she has refused to wear anything other than a cotton dress. I've tried everything. I've tried dressing her dolls and myself with her clothes, I've tried begging, I've tried to slip a jumper over her head whilst she's distracted, I've tried letting her choose her own outfit, I've tried calling her bluff, but when [...]Read more


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Amnesty for Delinquent Taxpayers
Georgetown, Friday, January 19, 2018: In keeping with the measures outlined in the 2018 Budget Presentation by the Minister of Finance, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to advise that the Amnesty relates to Interest and Penalties for Income, Corporate, Property, Capital Gains and Withholding taxes up to and including the Year of Assessment 2017 (Year of Income 2016) and will be applicable to the categories of taxpayers listed below:
- Taxpayers who have principal taxes outstanding;
- Non-filers- persons who are delinquent in the filing and payment;
- Taxpayers that filed their tax returns, but may have mistakenly underreported or understated their income or overstated deductions or credits;
- Taxpayers who have deliberately not declared or underdeclared their true income; and
- Taxpayer who are already subjected to completed audits and a determination was made that additional taxes are owed to the GRA and the additional tax is still outstanding.
This means that taxpayers who are delinquent in the filing of their true and correct returns and the payment of their true and correct taxes, will be able to voluntarily make their payments without having to pay the attendant interest and penalties.
Principal taxes paid on or before June 30, 2018 will have all interest and penalties waived, while principal taxes paid between July 1, 2018 and September 30, 2018 will have 50% of interest and penalties waived.
Taxpayers filing incorrect returns during the Amnesty period will not benefit from the Amnesty and will be subject to the attendant penalties.
Increased resources will be devoted to enforcement, and all attendant penalties for failure to comply with the tax laws will be applied thereafter. Taxpayers who are willing to make use of the Amnesty period are encouraged to contact the Debt Management Division of the GRA, either in writing or in person and request a Statement of the principal tax outstanding.


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Hey Nineteen
Saturday October 28, 2017 @ 8:00 PM
41 Bridge Street welcomes HEY NINETEEN: A TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN on Saturday, October 28th at 8 pm!
Hey Nineteen is an eleven piece group of professional musicians with the theoretical knowledge and musicality required to master the complex music of Steely Dan. They have packed venues throughout New England and are well-known for their high energy show, as well as their spot on" Steely Dan sound! Comprised of top professional musicians, many of whom have performed with Grammy-winning, international artists, Hey Nineteen brings the big hits and the deep cuts, from Do It Again to Your Gold Teeth II, from Reelin in the Years to Doctor Wu,' 'Peg,' and many more. Every vocal, harmony, horn line, solo, and sound are attended to with the utmost care, and the music is performed with intensity and so much passion that it rings authentic--close your eyes and youll be there!
Tickets to see this sensational Steely tribute are $27 for General Admission and $37 for VIP Reserved seating.
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Christian Brighty's Free Will
Call my attorney! Despite its advertised blurb, Christian Brighty's Free Will is about as much about the law as Monty Python's Flying Circus is about daredevil biplane pilots.
For as well as his jurisprudence degree, Brighty has studied at the Lecoq clown school – and it very much shows in his debut. He deploys a set of techniques that have become very familiar since Dr Brown and his many imitators put modern-day clowning on the comedy festival map – primarily getting laughs from audience patsies' attempts to complete a task the performer is deliberately only partially explaining.
The 40-minute show is done mainly in mime (silence in court!) and built almost entirely on one joke, and not a very original one at that.
You might have already have heard comedians deconstruct the Edwin Starr song War before, giving detailed examples of exactly what it is good for. Like an uninventive musical comedian, Brighty swaps the word 'war' for 'law', then offers a wordy textbook definition of what the criminal and civil justice system exists for. And repeats ad nauseam, with decreasing returns.
There's a fair bit of audience business based around this, getting us to sing along with the song, a couple of visual gags, and a rushed bit at the end that enables the audience to get an actual free will, justifying the neat pun of the title. But it doesn't amount to much.
Brighty's a reasonable performer, but the material is stretched and unoriginal, especially if you've seen other clown-based shows in recent years.
Review date: 9 Feb 2018
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Empowering Excellence in Government through Great People.
We lead and serve the Federal Government in enterprise human resources management by delivering policies and services to achieve a trusted effective civilian workforce.
"...The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall serve as the Suitability and Credentialing Agent..." ~Executive Order 13467, as amended
"...primary executive branch service provider for background investigations..." ~Executive Order 13467, as amended
Incorporating a locality payment of 19.29%.
Rates frozen at 2010 levels.
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Project Description
'Amnplify Snapshot'
The Fringe 2018
How would you describe your journey in the music industry so far, and where do you want to go from here with your music?
Over the years I've learnt so much and want to keep learning. I think it's fair to say I've had a pretty good run. There's nothing better than hearing someone sing your own song at your gig. Although it's had it's up and downs, just like anything in life, it's been a combination of perseverance, hard work and enjoying it at the same time. This year I've embarked with a new team, a new journey and strategy to take over the world. One song at a time.
When did you know you wanted to make music, and perform as your career?
I've always been around music, which really started from church but when I was about 20 years old I remember that's when I told my sister in a serious conversation that this music world is what a want to be a part of. At the time, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life but one thing I did know was that I loved music so much.
Who have been your musical influences or artists you have admired growing up?
Old school influences would have to be Marvin Gaye, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to name a few. New school my favs are Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake amongst many others!
Are there any artists or musicians that you have been so impacted by that it changed your view on life or mentality toward music?
Michael Jackson had a lot to say with the stories he told in his music about equality, love and life. One of the songs really opened my eyes when he wrote 'black or white' which has a lot of meaning for me because even until today, we have so many issues around this problem about being equal.
How would you describe your sound, and why is it unique from other artist's sound?
My sound is a fusion of that old school soul with a modern day sound. Soul/Rnb/Funk which suits today's market.
What can fans expect from you at THE FRINGE festival 2018?
A lot of Marvin Gaye! It's going to be epic taking everyone on a journey through Marvin Gaye's life, his trials, tribulations and successes. Oh and obviously I'll be doing some of my own music! Get ready to dance and have a good time.
What are your goals for 2018 with your music career?
A lot new content will be out this year. Working on a record and I've started acting!
If you weren't working in the music industry, what else do you think you would be doing with your life right now?
I think I would be playing basketball, hopefully at high level because that was a huge passion for me growing up as a kid playing basketball every week.
What's one song fans might be surprised you really like?
Taylor Swift – End Game…. lol!
What will you be doing with your career the rest of the year post THE FRINGE?
Working on more music, acting, traveling and trying to take over the world.
Lastly, just for fun – If you had to eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
I'd die a happy man if the only thing I had to eat was peppermint choc chip ice cream!
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Hi Trustin Thanks for your reply. Binding first is absolutely no problem. I guess I just didn't think out-of-the-box enough to find the solution you posted here by myself. I tried using a DatagramConnector instead, but your way seems to be much more efficient: /* *** Sends more or less every 0.5 seconds a UDP message to destination and listens to answers on the same port **/ IoSession session; IoConnector connector = new DatagramConnector(); ConnectFuture future = connector.connect(destination, new InetSocketAddress (destination.getPort()), new UDPMinaTester( )); future.join(); try { session = future.getSession(); for(;;){ Thread.sleep(500); session.write(this.message); } } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } I guess the whole "future" stuff is not necessary here, since there's never really a connection it could wait for, is that right? By the way: would the Mina team be interested in integrating NAT traversal code into to library? In one way (from app developper view) it's some kind of basic need, but to work it needs some kind of complex infrastructure, like a not NATed rendezvous server... Thanks for your great work with MINA! I tried to implement a clean code for NAT traversal for several weeks, before I discovered your framework. Starting again clean on top of Mina made it possible to write good code within three days! Cheers Dani Am 25.02.2006 um 10:32 schrieb Trustin Lee: > Hi Dani, > > On 2/24/06, Dani Eichhorn <email@example.com> wrote: > I'm new to mina, so please excuse me, if this is a stupid question, > since the mail list archive seems to be broken... > > The link to the archive on our web site was broken. Now it's fixed. > > In java.nio I have the choice if I want to send a datagram using a > connection, or if I'm using the DatagramChannel.recieve/send methods. > Do I have this choice in Mina as well, since it is built on top of > java.nio... > > For now, you have to bind first: > > InetSocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress( 8080 ); > IoAcceptor acceptor = new DatagramAcceptor(); > acceptor.bind( address, handler ); > IoSession session = acceptor.newSession( address, new > InetSocketAddress( "remote.host.com ", 8080 ) ); > session.write( ... ); > > If you don't want to bind, there's no such way yet. Please let us > know if this becomes a problem. This means we need to modify our > API to fill the abstraction hole. > > HTH, > Trustin > -- > what we call human nature is actually human habit > -- > http://gleamynode.net/ > -- > PGP key fingerprints: > * E167 E6AF E73A CBCE EE41 4A29 544D DE48 FE95 4E7E > * B693 628E 6047 4F8F CFA4 455E 1C62 A7DC 0255 ECA6
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Firstly some background:
Snake proofing, also known as avoidance training, is based on the principle:
If all goes according to plan, then the next time the dog encounters this "something"
Sounds simple?
Well yes and no.
If your dog is focused, and if your dog is not nervous, insecure, dreaming, running around, etc, then they could "miss" the association, and the deal is off.
Or is your dog is not using his nose at the instant it crosses the scent cone,
Or if the handler is distracting the dog, or assisting the dog, or petting the dog,
So there are multiple reasons a dog could fail.
When I say, training should be left to professionals with years of experience, there is a valid reason.
IF you train the incorrect association, then someone has to fix it.
Or if you interfere with your dog during training, then he has no idea how to behave when you are not around.
There are trainers that require (allow) the owners to handle their dogs.
This is not advisable, for four reasons:
So lets look at how this works:
First, a trainer will ask you some questions:
These all play a part in the training.
When your dog is being trained, age plays a part, as the ability of a puppy to achieve recognition differs from an adult.
Likewise, if there are medical issues such as leg injuries, seizures, hip or back problems, etc, we need to know.
If they have been on an electronic collar before, we need to know where, what kind and what the purpose was.
And lastly, if they were snakeproofed before, then this is important, as we may adjust the training to make it an evaluation session, in which we test the dogs response. This test will then determine how we approach their training. (There is no additional cost for this test)
IF the dog passes the test, there is no need to reintroduce the training routine.
If the dog fails the test, then we want to know why, and will then approach the training in a way that achieves better results.
What happens then?
The trainer will place a custom made slip collar on your dog, and then an electronic collar.
We only use professional TriTronics equipment, not the consumer grade you buy at a pet store.
These collars are tough and work EVERY time, unlike the consumer grade collars.
The dog is then led along a specially built path that screens other distractions, and then up to the first snake area.
We generally have a number of snakes in this area to create a concentrated scent in this area.
As soon as the dog identifies the scent, he receives a gentle"nick" from the collar.
The dog is then led away, so that they learn flight response.
Does the training hurt the dog?
The collar does not hurt, rather it gives the dog a fright.
In more than 10,000 dogs trained this way, no dog has ever been hurt by the e-collar.
It is safer than ANY other effective technique.
What then?
The procedure is repeated a number of times so that scent and sound are introduced to the dog.
IN addition we try and teach them to leave the area, through a principle called "flight".
Some learn this, some don't.
The dog is tested in another area where we hide additional snakes.
This may also include a desert trail we have constructed specifically to snake proof dogs that hike in the desert.
I am sure you still have some.
Many times we adjust training to specific circumstances,
We have trained more dogs than any other school and this experience has taught us to evaluate and adapt training on a case by case basis.
But if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY, August 30, 2016 – Chemical tankers have always been a mainstay for the shipbuilding industry in Turkey. The shipowners of these tankers have typically specified MarineLine® from Advanced Polymer Coating (Avon, Ohio, USA) as the cargo tank coating of choice. In some years MarineLine® has reached 85 to 90% market share of all chemical tanker newbuilds and tank retrofits/recoatings in Turkey.
Right: Newbuild chemical tankers currently under construction in Turkish shipyards will be lined with the MarineLine® cargo tank coating system, one of many projects in 2016.
According to MarineLine®'s top officer in Turkey, Captain Koray Karagoz, President of MarineLine Turkiye, (Tuzla, Turkey), in 2016 the MarineLine® coating has now achieved 100% market share of the chemical tanker cargo tank coating market. There are many reasons for this success says Captain Karagoz. "Our reputation in Turkey is excellent. All the shipowners and yards like our coating and our company, and services. We have built strong relationships, backed by superb performance of the MarineLine® coating system which delivers profitable Return on investment every day."
Ship operators sailing with MarineLine®-coated vessels affirm this, explaining that there is less cleaning time required, less chemicals used during the cleaning procedure, and less fuel used during cleaning. This provides substantial reductions in CO2, SOx and NOx emissions, a powerful benefit for the environment.
In the past few months, there have been some political issues in Turkey, however Captain Karagoz has not seen this spill over into the shipbuilding sector. "Shipping is a worldwide business so Turkey's localized issues do not readily affect Turkish shipbuilding. It remains business as usual."
To support this claim, he notes a solid orderbook at this time and in future months for MarineLine® cargo tank coating projects, encompassing 18 chemical tankers plus 8 options on additional ships. Some of these projects are newbuild tankers, while the re-coating work involves removing competitors' epoxy tank coatings and replacing these with MarineLine®:
Captain Karagoz adds, "Shipyards in Turkey are noted for offering competitively priced newbuild and re-recoating/repair services to shipowners around the world. These shipyards and owners have come to trust MarineLine® as the best solution for chemical carriers who want to employ coated cargo tanks to transport the full IMO range."


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Loaf Pan Chicken
Here is a recipe from Chris Lilly's new "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Cookbook" Chris was kind enough to let me use it on a cooking episode on News Channel 20 Morning Show.
Here is a recipe from Chris Lilly's new "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Cookbook" Chris was kind enough to let me use it on a cooking episode on News Channel 20 Morning Show.
We were selling BBQ at the Downtown Springfield Blues & BBQ Festival. It is a great event and we sold lots of BBQ. We competed in the BBQ contest and won 1st Place in the Pork Category. They had a large crowd and some great blues music.
This is the story that is in the Springfield State Journal Register about my appearance on MasterChef.
By Kathryn Rem
Continue reading "Randy Twyford on MasterChef"
Twyford BBQ & Catering competed in the Jack Daniels Invitational World Championship in Lynchburg, TN October 23-24. This was the team's fifth consecutive appearance at "The Jack." The team took honors with 2nd place ribs, 7th place with their signature Twyford BBQ sauce and 10th place with their caramel apple cobbler.
Twyford BBQ Cooking Classes
Spring is here and it's time to dust of those grills and smokers. We've had lots of friends and fans ask us to do cooking classes. We want to give you the information you need to impress your friends and family!
Twyford BBQ & Catering New World Headquarters is up and closed in. We are really excited to get moved in and very happy with the construction done by Cornerstone Construction and Langhiem Concrete. The walk in cooler & freezer is up and soon will have power to it. As we mover along I will keep you updated on progress. Along with the cooler and freezer this will house our North American Production Facility. We are happy.
We had a great 2008 and won some great awards!
Easiest Salsa Ever
We know you will love this delicious and easy to make salsa! Enjoy!
Continue reading "Easiest Salsa Ever"
Ribs & Wings
20 Baby Back Ribs & 2 pounds of Smoked Chicken Wings – $39
Smoked Chicken Wings – $30/5 pounds
Brisket, pulled pork, or pulled chicken Sliders Mini Sandwiches
chocked full of flavor – $15/dozen
We now have business card cookies. We are using them on sales calls as a little something sweet to remember us by.